The grass court season swung into action in Nottingham yesterday but it was far from genteel on Centre Court at the Rothesay Open, where a furious Harriet Dart accused the chair umpire of “embarrassing herself” over perceived bad calls and even offered to bet her £50,000 that a ball called in was actually out.
Harriet Dart played good defensive tennis but her lost first-round match against Katie Boulter at the Rothesay Open in Nottingham
Dart was convinced a ball landed out in the second set of the Nottingham Open match against Boulter, and she offered umpire Kelly Rask a wager.